In the face of climate change and the water needs from a growing world population, the use of seawater or brackish water through desalination has increased in importance. The energy efficiency and production costs for desalination plants have been markedly improved. Recent techniques have made it possible to acquire reasonably cheap desalinated water from plants that are fully powered from wind energy, or to perform desalination alongside power production.

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